Chapter 146: Crossing the River (3rd Update)
There are two more shifts in the evening!
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Then the old man just shouted, and the boatmen rowed in a few directions and rowed towards the opposite shore.
"Comrade!" The old man said to Zhang Chi: "You can rest assured to bring your troops, the ship will come in less than half an hour!" ”
"Is it a big ship that can hold tanks?" Zhang Chi was still a little uneasy: "What we captured was a tank from the British, and that tank ...... It's heavy, it's big! ”
"Of course!" The old man smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face piled up: "Comrade, don't worry...... We had already guessed that this would happen, so we secretly prepared a few big ships, which usually transported tanks and cars for the British, and now they don't need them, they are in our hands! ”
"Oh!" Zhang Chi responded, secretly glad that he reacted quickly and did not say that he was Chinese.
Later, Zhang Chi learned that this old man was actually a member of the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army, and his order was to make all preparations for the arrival of the Japanese army. The preparations, of course, included receiving a few ferries from the British for the Japanese to cross the river. Zhang Chi is crooked at this time.
Without further ado, Zhang Chi was afraid that if he moved slowly, these Burmese would find some flaws, so he thanked the old man again and drove back to the station of the engineer regiment.
"Tuanza!" Zhang Chi jumped out of the car and ran to Wang Mazi almost like a fly, and reported breathlessly: "I found the ship, maybe we can transport our tank over!" ”
"Really?" Wang Mazi's face was full of disbelief.
"But ......," Zhang Chi said with some hesitation, "we have to pretend to be Japanese!" ”
"Pretending to be Japanese?" Hearing this, Wang Mazi couldn't help but be puzzled.
"Time is of the essence!" Zhang Chi said: "Let's rush to the ferry now, and report to the group in detail on the way!" ”
Wang Mazi did not dare to slack off, and as soon as he gave the order, the troops drove along the road in the direction of the ferry.
On the way, Zhang Chi told him what had happened, Wang Mazi couldn't help laughing, patted Zhang Chi's shoulder and said: "You kid is really a fucking lucky general, so you can cheat the ship of the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army!" That's just right, when we cross the river...... Just control the boat, and the Japanese devils won't be able to cross the river! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi responded. I'm afraid that the secret passage is the so-called "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge".
"Pass the order on!" Then Wang Mazi shouted: "Everyone fucking teach me Japanese, and they all learn me like a little bit!" ”
"Yes!"
After the soldiers answered, they soon shouted "Haiyi" and "Keliqi digging".
The march of the engineer regiment was very fast, and after ten minutes it drove to the ferry, and sure enough, several huge ferries drifted from upstream, and there were a few Burmese people with guns on their backs on the ferry who waved their hands excitedly in this direction, as if they could not wait to meet the "Wang Shi" to cross the river.
Zhang Chi was a little worried, worried that the Burmese independence volunteers on the boat would recognize that they were Chinese troops and not Japanese soldiers, but as the ferry got closer and closer, Zhang Chi was relieved...... The expressions on the faces of several Burmese volunteers on the ferry were not unusual.
In fact, Zhang Chi's worries were completely unnecessary, and the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army was only more than 1,000 people at the beginning of its establishment. And in Burma, especially Myitkyina, which is nearly 2,000 kilometers away from Yangon, it can be said that there are very few people who have seen the Japanese army, and these few "knowledgeable" Burmese have been arranged to prepare for the Japanese army of the 33rd Division in another direction, as for the direction of the Inouwady River...... They didn't expect the "Japanese army" to arrive first, so they only arranged a limited number of men.
It didn't take long for the work of crossing the river to begin, because only one ferry was allowed to berth at the ferry at the same time, so the few people of the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army were very conscious of the work of maintaining order, and Zhang Chi, a soldier who could speak Burmese, naturally cooperated with those volunteers at the ferry. For example, should I get into a tank or an armored car, or another car or something...... At this time, Zhang Chi realized that it was very hard to pretend to be Japanese. Because when he shouted at the soldiers, he had to shout a bunch of "chir, wow", which he couldn't even understand in Japanese, and the soldiers were naturally confused and didn't understand anything, but they kept responding to "Hayi, Hayi......".
Fortunately, the fighters are quite clever. You can tell from the gestures and faces that you are going to do something, so everything is going on in an orderly manner.
There have been some accidents, such as a car with supplies that expanded and overturned many rice bags with Chinese characters printed on them...... Zhang Chi couldn't help but be surprised. I thought I was going to show a flaw now. But unexpectedly, the old man laughed and said: "Comrade, this rice must have been paid by you from the Chinese!" ”
"Yes. It's ......" Zhang Chi responded busily, looking at the Burmese who were happy to help reload the rice bags into the car, Zhang Chi couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat secretly.
Then the ferry drove the engineer regiment to the opposite bank in an orderly manner, Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi were the last to go on, and when the ferry they took drove to the opposite bank, they heard a burst of gunfire from Myitkyina on the other side, Zhang Chi couldn't help but glance at Wang Mazi, and secretly said that it was not good, is this the British army and the engineer regiment that has crossed the river to fight without a word? !
Of course, Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi are not worried that the engineering regiment will suffer...... Just kidding, the engineer regiment now has tanks and armored vehicles and other heavy equipment in its hands, and even Meng Lezeng has dozens of American-style mountain guns from Lashio in his hands, and the engineer regiment at this time can also be said to have killed all the way from the battlefield.
In contrast, the British were on the verge of collapse, and their commanders had even fled first.
Therefore, if there is a real fight, it is needless to say what the result will be, and the engineer regiment will sweep across Myitkyina like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves.
To some extent, Zhang Chi also hopes for this situation...... Relieved, look at you British still dare to pit the Chinese like this, and even continue to pit unthankfully after the Chinese army rescued nearly 10,000 British troops, if you really fight like this, I am afraid that everyone will applaud.
But on the big picture, if it really starts, it will have a very bad impact on the international community, and even the ostensible alliance between China and Britain is likely to collapse.
This is actually important for China...... The China-Burma Highway was blocked after Lashio was lost, and China's access to the outside world was completely cut off.
In order to ensure that China could continue to fight against the Japanese army, and also for the sake of the interests of Britain and the United States themselves, a Hump route was opened to transport scarce materials by transport planes, and the starting point of the Hump route was Assam in British India. (To be continued.) )